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Lucky Sunday,India notches three golds in Asiad
It proved a lucky Sunday for India when it won three golds in row. Shooter Ronjan Singh Sodhi won the individual gold in the double trap event and helped the Indian team bag the bronze medal at the Asian Games in Guangzhou on Sunday.
Soon after Preeja Sreedharan and Kavita Raut won the gold and silver in the women's 10,000 metres.
The triple gold surprise was given by Sudha Singh when she won in the 3000 metres in a photo finish game.
Preeja clocked a personal best timing of 31:50.47 seconds to win the first gold medal for India the on the opening day of the athletics competition. The gold was also the day's second for India and the fourth overall.
Kavita also registered her personal best timing of 31:51.44 seconds while Shitay Habtegebrel finished third in 31:53.27 seconds.
Earlier,Shooter Ronjan Singh Sodhi won the individual gold in the double trap event and helped the Indian team bag the bronze medal at the Asian Games in Guangzhou on Sunday.
The gold from Sodhi was India's first from shooting and the third in the Asian Games. Sodhi, a double world record holder, was the only Indian to qualify for the final.
The Indian trio of Sodhi (139), junior World Champion Asher Noria (134) and Vikran Bhatnagar (130) shot a total of 403 to win the team bronze.
The team gold went to Chinese trio of Pan Qiang (143), Mo Junjie (136) and Hu Binyuan (135) with a total score of 414. IOC Kuwait settled for the bronze medal with the trio of Fehaid Aldeehani (137), Hamad Alafasi (136) and Meshfi Almutairi (134) shooting a total of 407.
Ronjan Sodhi is a champion Indian trap shooter who won two silver medals in 2010 Commonwealth Games and a gold medal at the 2010 Asian Games. He is also a recipient of Arjuna award.
Ronjan Sodhi shot a perfect 50 hits out of 50 clays in the final and set a new world record with a score of 195 to clinch the coveted Gold Medal in Double Trap event at the 2010 ISSF World Cup held at Lonato, Italy.
It proved a lucky Sunday for India when it won three golds in row. Shooter Ronjan Singh Sodhi won the individual gold in the double trap event and helped the Indian team bag the bronze medal at the Asian Games in Guangzhou on Sunday.
Soon after Preeja Sreedharan and Kavita Raut won the gold and silver in the women's 10,000 metres.
The triple gold surprise was given by Sudha Singh when she won in the 3000 metres in a photo finish game.
Preeja clocked a personal best timing of 31:50.47 seconds to win the first gold medal for India the on the opening day of the athletics competition. The gold was also the day's second for India and the fourth overall.
Kavita also registered her personal best timing of 31:51.44 seconds while Shitay Habtegebrel finished third in 31:53.27 seconds.
Earlier,Shooter Ronjan Singh Sodhi won the individual gold in the double trap event and helped the Indian team bag the bronze medal at the Asian Games in Guangzhou on Sunday.
The gold from Sodhi was India's first from shooting and the third in the Asian Games. Sodhi, a double world record holder, was the only Indian to qualify for the final.
The Indian trio of Sodhi (139), junior World Champion Asher Noria (134) and Vikran Bhatnagar (130) shot a total of 403 to win the team bronze.
The team gold went to Chinese trio of Pan Qiang (143), Mo Junjie (136) and Hu Binyuan (135) with a total score of 414. IOC Kuwait settled for the bronze medal with the trio of Fehaid Aldeehani (137), Hamad Alafasi (136) and Meshfi Almutairi (134) shooting a total of 407.
Ronjan Sodhi is a champion Indian trap shooter who won two silver medals in 2010 Commonwealth Games and a gold medal at the 2010 Asian Games. He is also a recipient of Arjuna award.
Ronjan Sodhi shot a perfect 50 hits out of 50 clays in the final and set a new world record with a score of 195 to clinch the coveted Gold Medal in Double Trap event at the 2010 ISSF World Cup held at Lonato, Italy.
